Catalog Number: DCR157LPC1 Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 673681141531 On their debut full-length album, I Wish I Was a Rat, Seattle-based five-piece band Spiral XP explores meaning, truth, and personal value under capitalism, creating sonic landscapes the listener can get lost in. I Wish I Was a Rat is a stunning group effort of some of Seattle's hardest working musicians. It's a little MBV, a little Yo La Tengo, a little Sonic Youth, also melding some closer-to-home influences like Broken Water, Unwound, and Beat Happening. A harmonious venn-diagram overlap between shoegaze and grunge.